FAQ: Material master CIF transfer

This seems to be a topic that many people get lost with. It is a bit confusing why some standard fields are not transfered from R3 to APO without development. But this is well documented in OSS note 520561 (Maintaining product master in R/3 or in APO?).

Even for APO material master data not available in R3, people often find it better to extend the R3 material master application (OSS 44410) and to transfer these new fields to APO using the CIF exits. This way all material data is maintained in a single place (which means less work and less confusion for users).